Investor Day 2024
Join in person:
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
2 Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL
9.30am — 2.30pm
Confirmed speakers:
Kate Elliot, Head of Ethical, Sustainable and Impact Research, Greenbank
Kai Johns, Senior Ethical, Sustainable and Impact Researcher, Greenbank
Claire Elsdon, Director of Capital Markets, CDP
Jason Shingleton, Group Material Science Director
Martin Gisbourne, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, Genuit
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10.30am — 1.30pm
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Speakers
Kate Elliot
Greenbank
Head of Ethical, Sustainable and Impact Research
Kate Elliot
Head of Ethical, Sustainable and Impact Research
Greenbank
Kate oversees the development and implementation of the team’s sustainability assessment framework, analysing investments against a range of environmental, social and governance criteria. She also monitors emerging sustainability themes, sets priorities for Greenbank’s stewardship and engagement activities and has developed the team’s systems for measurement and reporting of portfolio sustainability and impact performance. She joined Greenbank in 2007 after graduating from the University of Bristol with a Masters in Philosophy and Mathematics.
Kate oversees the development and implementation of the team’s sustainability assessment framework, analysing investments against a range of environmental, social and governance criteria. She also monitors emerging sustainability themes, sets priorities for Greenbank’s stewardship and engagement activities and has developed the team’s systems for measurement and reporting of portfolio sustainability and impact performance. She joined Greenbank in 2007 after graduating from the University of Bristol with a Masters in Philosophy and Mathematics.
Kai Johns
Greenbank
Senior Ethical, Sustainable and Impact Researcher
Kai Johns
Senior Ethical, Sustainable and Impact Researcher
Greenbank
Kai conducts analysis of investments against a range of environmental, social and governance criteria for both new ideas and companies in Greenbank’s investment universe. Kai’s focus is on climate impact and risk assessment across the investment portfolios Greenbank manages and his areas of interest include climate solutions, net zero and smart cities. Kai joined the ethical, sustainable and impact research team in March 2019 after graduating from the University of Cambridge with a BA in Law and he is a CFA Charterholder.
Kai conducts analysis of investments against a range of environmental, social and governance criteria for both new ideas and companies in Greenbank’s investment universe. Kai’s focus is on climate impact and risk assessment across the investment portfolios Greenbank manages and his areas of interest include climate solutions, net zero and smart cities. Kai joined the ethical, sustainable and impact research team in March 2019 after graduating from the University of Cambridge with a BA in Law and he is a CFA Charterholder.
Claire Elsdon
CDP
Director of Capital Markets
Claire Elsdon
Director of Capital Markets
CDP
Claire Elsdon leads the Capital Markets team at CDP, the non-profit that runs the world’s environmental disclosure system. She defines engagement strategy with financial institutions and other capital markets actors including institutional investors, banks, insurers and private equity and debt houses on a global basis, enabling them to request, utilise and apply critical climate, water and forest impact data from the companies they finance. Claire led CDP's role in delivering disclosure solutions for the Bank of England's CBES exercise and has spearheaded CDP's highly innovative sustainable supplier financing solution, most recently culminating in the Vodafone/Citi collaboration. Claire is also passionate about the need for TCFD aligned disclosure amongst SMEs and is championing the first SME disclosure exercise for banks and anchor buyers this year.
Prior to CDP, Claire worked for over a decade broking Pan-European Equities to UK based Institutional Investors at HSBC, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan before moving to Tanzania to establish Africa's leading social enterprise focussing on community motorcycle safety solutions.
Claire Elsdon leads the Capital Markets team at CDP, the non-profit that runs the world’s environmental disclosure system. She defines engagement strategy with financial institutions and other capital markets actors including institutional investors, banks, insurers and private equity and debt houses on a global basis, enabling them to request, utilise and apply critical climate, water and forest impact data from the companies they finance. Claire led CDP's role in delivering disclosure solutions for the Bank of England's CBES exercise and has spearheaded CDP's highly innovative sustainable supplier financing solution, most recently culminating in the Vodafone/Citi collaboration. Claire is also passionate about the need for TCFD aligned disclosure amongst SMEs and is championing the first SME disclosure exercise for banks and anchor buyers this year.
Prior to CDP, Claire worked for over a decade broking Pan-European Equities to UK based Institutional Investors at HSBC, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan before moving to Tanzania to establish Africa's leading social enterprise focussing on community motorcycle safety solutions.
Jason Shingleton
Genuit
Group Material Science Director
Jason Shingleton
Group Material Science Director
Genuit
Jason Shingleton is Director of R&D and Material Science at Genuit Group. He holds a degree in chemistry and PhD in polymer chemistry from Loughborough University and has over 26 years’ experience of product and materials innovation. Jason has spent most of his career developing products which either address the consequences of climate change or some of its causes, focusing on how Genuit can make the built environment more resilient and more circular. During his 15 year tenure as Marketing and Development Director in Genuit’s Civils and Green Urbanisation business, he led a team of engineers in innovating sustainable stormwater management solutions to tackle the challenge of increasingly excessive surface water run off caused by changing weather patterns and urbanisation.
Jason Shingleton is Director of R&D and Material Science at Genuit Group. He holds a degree in chemistry and PhD in polymer chemistry from Loughborough University and has over 26 years’ experience of product and materials innovation. Jason has spent most of his career developing products which either address the consequences of climate change or some of its causes, focusing on how Genuit can make the built environment more resilient and more circular. During his 15 year tenure as Marketing and Development Director in Genuit’s Civils and Green Urbanisation business, he led a team of engineers in innovating sustainable stormwater management solutions to tackle the challenge of increasingly excessive surface water run off caused by changing weather patterns and urbanisation.
Martin Gisbourne
Genuit
Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer
Martin Gisbourne
Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer
Genuit
Martin joined the Group in September 2019 as Group Strategy & Marketing Director. After a functional background in a variety of commercial and marketing roles with brands such as Bosch and Geberit, Martin has over twenty years’ experience of leading businesses in the construction products sector, most recently as part of the Belgian Aliaxis group where he was responsible for businesses in the UK, Middle East, South Africa and Nordic markets. Martin was appointed as Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer in April 2023. He has a BSc in Financial Management from Loughborough University.
Martin joined the Group in September 2019 as Group Strategy & Marketing Director. After a functional background in a variety of commercial and marketing roles with brands such as Bosch and Geberit, Martin has over twenty years’ experience of leading businesses in the construction products sector, most recently as part of the Belgian Aliaxis group where he was responsible for businesses in the UK, Middle East, South Africa and Nordic markets. Martin was appointed as Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer in April 2023. He has a BSc in Financial Management from Loughborough University.